Paperhanger&#39;s shears holder



July 3, 1923.

G. W. NEWBERRY PAPERHANGERS SHEARS HOLDER Filed Jan. 17. 1923 Pawnee July 3,1923. g v I 1,460,434.

uNi'r GEORGE -W. NEWBEBRY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PAPERHANGERS SHEARS HOLDERJ Application filed. January 17, 1923. Serial NOL'613,145.

To all whom it may concern: rivetedto the leather 3, a loop 8 will be Be it known that I, Gnoncn W'. Nnwformed about the center of the said strip 6,

BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residthrough which loop a pair of paperhangers" ing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, shears 9 or other tool is slipped.

have invented certain new and useful Im- The shears 9 are conveniently supported provements in Paperhangers Shears Holdwith one of their handle-breasts resting ers, of which the following is a specification uponthe upper edge of said loop 8; but with containing a full, clear, and exact descripthe upper portions of both handles'free, and

tion, reference being had to the accompanyready to be grasped by the workman, to

ing drawing, forming a part hereof. quickly withdraw the shears from said loop,

My invention consists in the novel, conwhen the shears are to be used.

struction and combination of parts herein- No other support for the shears is necesafter particularly described and distinctly sary, and the blades'thereof extend free bel i d, low said loop 8, and a considerabledistance The object of my invention is to provide below the lower edge of the flexible base 3.

an improved flexible shears holder that is The holder-base 3, being soft and flexible adapted to be pinned to the overall-leg of Wl11 readily bend during use, without danthe user of my invention, .and which holder ger of cracking or breaking.

may be quickly detached} therefrom when I/Vhile ll have illustrated certain'details the overalls are to be sent to the laundry, which I deemed to be particularly effective,

and which may be quickly attached to the and have illustrated a construction which is Q overall-leg when again required for use; very cheap to make and easily assembled, I I

and which holder will be simple in construcdo not wish to be limited to these details, as tion, durable, and of low cost to manufacit is obvious that many changes might be ture. made therein without departing from the In the drawing spirit or scope of my invention, as for in- The figure represents a portion of the leg stance ;my invention may be made of maof a pair of overalls, showing the manner in terial other than leather, and may be made which my invention is applied thereto when in different sizes to hold different tools, such i s as a'screw-driver, a pair of pliers, a' paint- In carrying out my lnvention, I make use ers dust-brush, a paint-brush, a hammer,

of a common safety-pin 1, which has its' a transfer punch for conductors, and many pointed portion inserted through the overother articles too numerous to mention.

all-leg 2 of the user of my invention. WhatI claim as new and desire to secure The numeral 3 designates a flexible base by Letters Patent is i that is preferably in the form of a rectangu- A flexible shears-holder, comprising a lar piece of leather, having provided at its leather base having at its upper end an inupper end a flap 4:, that is made integral tegral flap adapted to be bent orlooped therewith, and is adapted to be bent or aroundthe main body portion of a safety- 40 looped around the main body portion of the pin, and a strip of, leather secured across said safety-pin l. y the outer face of said leather base to pro-- The said flap 4: is then riveted to the said vide a shears-holding loop at about the cen piece of leather 3 by means of rivets 5. ter of the length of said strip.

The numeral 6 designates a narrow strip In testimony whereof, I have signed my of leather having its opposite ends secured name to this specification in presence of two to the said piece of leather 3, by means of subscribing Witnesses. v

rivets 7. I y

In manufacturing my invention, the said GEORGE NEWBERRY- strip of leather 6 when out, should be of Witnesses: Y greater length than that of the width of the EDNA'E. CONRAD,

leather 3, so that when the said strip 6 is HENRY L. HIGDoN. 

